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Ending DNS abuse with European open source
Ending DNS abuse with European open sourceDNS has been flawed much longer than that...Over the past 10 years, there have been numerous attacks on the DNS system. Successful cache poisonings have caused, and continue to cause millions of dollars in damage and tens of thousands of virus infected PCs.As of...
Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, DNS, open source
Discussion threads 2009-07-31
Data Security Mythbusters: Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
In today's business environment, enterprises must work even harder than before to protect one of their most valuable assets - their information. When facing the pressures of regulatory oversight, email security, business-to-business requirements, and increased threats to networked environments, organizations must be proactive in protecting their data. A single loss...
Tags: PKWare, Data Security, Enterprise, B2B, PKI, Security, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
White papers 2009-07-27
PKI and UDDI Based Trust Centre: An Attempt to Improve Web Service Security
Nowadays Internet becomes the most used tool for the ever increasing amount of various transactions between institutions, organizations and more generally between clients and providers. Conducted studies and experiments showed that it is more convenient to provide and achieve these transactions as Web Services WS to guarantee their flexibility and...
Tags: Web, PKI, Web Service, University Of Sfax, UDDI, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2009-06-29
The PKI Authentication System With the Integration of Biometric Identification and Nonsymmetric Key Technology
To deal with the threats to the PKI authentication system from the internet and the real world, based on the analysis of biometric identification and nonsymmetric key technology, this paper presented a new PKI authentication system through the integration of Biometric identification and non-symmetric key technology, which assembled their advantages...
Tags: Biometric Identification, Integration, Academy Publisher, PKI, Biometrics, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking
White papers 2009-05-24
Earth System Grid Authentication Infrastructure: Integrating Local Authentication, OpenID and PKI
Climate scientists face a wide variety of practical problems, but there exists an overarching need to efficiently access and manipulate climate model data. Increasingly, for example, researchers must assemble and analyze large datasets that are archived in different formats on disparate platforms, and must extract portions of datasets to compute...
Tags: Software, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Grid, Climate, Authentication, PKI, Tools & Techniques, Security, Management
White papers 2009-05-20
Email Encryption for InterScan Messaging Hosted Security: An Overview of the Email Encryption Add-On Service for Trend Micro's Hosted Email Security
Trend Micro offers Email Encryption as an add-on service to InterScan Messaging Hosted Security. It integrates seamlessly with the content filtering capabilities of Trend Micro's hosted email security service that protects against spam, viruses and inappropriate content. Trend Micro Email Encryption leverages Identity-Based Encryption IBE to efficiently secure email addressed...
Tags: Trend Micro Inc., E-mail Security, Encryption, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security
White papers 2009-03-12
Email Encryption for InterScan Messaging Hosted Security
With policy-based encryption, organizations avoid relying on individual users to secure important content. Conveniently, encryption is automatically applied when content filtering rules are triggered, helping to ensure that confidentiality and privacy requirements are met. Trend Micro provides a policy-based email encryption solution that seamlessly integrates with the content filtering capabilities...
Tags: Trend Micro Inc., Encryption, Content Filtering, E-mail, Content Management, Security, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2009-02-20
ECPMF - Enhanced Cisco Presence with Microsoft Foundations
View Available Dates and LocationsLearn how to implement a full Presence solution leveraging the full capabilities of the two leading Unified Communications vendors, Cisco and Microsoft. This course introduces the key Presence architectural components, product features, and points of interoperability between the two leading...
Tags: Unified Communications, Server, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Integration, Student Pod, Collaboration, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
Training 2009-02-01
Managing Security in Mobile and Wireless Services
Mobile wireless networks, such as GSM, GPRS or the 3G networks, provide sufficient levels of access control and data encryption. However, for financial transactions, additional security is recommended using Wireless Access Protocol WAP security (wireless transport layer security, or WTLS, end-to-end) by having WAP gateways located at the financial institutions...
Tags: Mobile, Wireless Service, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Security, Wireless And Mobility
White papers 2009-01-16
NCP Network Communications Products Engineering Case Study: Informatikzentrum Niedersachsen
The LSKN Niedersachsen is a high profile system house for IT technology in the federal state of Lower Saxony. The IZN operates a high security data centre, the state-wide data network, an email-association, and provides its customers with all services that are expected of a sophisticated system house. LSKN Niedersachsen...
Tags: Mobile, Network, NCP Network Communications Products Engineering, LSKN Niedersachsen, IZN, PKI, VPNs, Networking, Network Security, Security
Case studies 2009-01-01
UTI Systems Protects Mission Critical PKIs With nCipher nShield
Based in Bucharest, Romania, UTI Systems is one of Romania's oldest and largest information technology service providers. In 2002, UTI began building a Public Key Infrastructure PKI for a government ministry using a UTI certification authority software solution called certSAFE. The ministry planned to use the PKI to secure email...
Tags: nCipher Corp., Certification Authority, THALES, PKI, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking
Case studies 2008-12-12
A Guide to Secure Email
The term 'secure email' can have many different meanings. This whitepaper unpacks the concept of secure email, with a focus on Public Key Infrastructure PKI. It also covers other aspects of secure email such as encryption and digital signing, Transport Layer Security TLS, and the ongoing management of secure email...
Tags: Marshal Ltd, E-mail, Online Communications
White papers 2008-11-28
Harvard Business Review warns against 'sloppy thinking': does this apply to SOA?
Harvard Business Review warns against 'sloppy thinking': does this apply to SOA?SOA may also be nonsense like Knowledge ManagementI have heard of SOA after it became extensively publicized. Many of the articles I read failed to bring out any distinct and valuable core concept of SOA. One expert (V...
Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Harvard Business Review, SOA
Discussion threads 2008-11-26
Zivios open source ID management suite takes on Novell's ZenWorks
One open source startup is taking on Novell in the identity management space. Zivios dubbs itself as an enterprise management company but is not taking on the likes of Zenoss and Hyperic -- at least for now. Network monitoring and workflow features are planned but they...
Tags: Novell Inc., Novell ZENworks, Open Source, OpenLDAP, Identity Management, Zivios, LDAP, Authentication/Encryption, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Security, Paula Rooney
Blog posts 2008-10-17
Large Federal Agency Gains HSPD-12 Compliance With VeriSign
The U.S. Department of Education ED was created in 1980 by combining offices from several federal agencies. ED's 4,200 employees and $68.6 billion budget are concentrated on the promotion of student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness through the use of quality education programs. The challenge was to gain full...
Tags: Agency, VeriSign Inc., HSPD-12, ED, Security
Case studies 2008-10-13
Federal Regulatory Agency Must Meet Government's Encryption Standard
Federal Regulatory Agency, with more than 3,000 employees, is charged with protecting the nation's public health, safety, and environment, as well as promoting and securing the common defense. The Agency was tasked with finding an encryption solution that would meet FIPS 140-2 requirements. The Agency deployed SecureZIP that was the...
Tags: Agency, PKWare, Government, Encryption, SecureZIP, PKI, Advertising & Promotion, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security, Marketing
Case studies 2008-09-19
Achieve Information Security by Preserving the Secrecy and Integrity of Keys
Cryptography forms the basis of information security infrastructure. Data encryption, network traffic encryption, PKI-based authentication and digital signatures all depend on the underlying confidentiality of secret keys and integrity of public certificate authority keys to function as intended. When keys are compromised, information security systems cannot protect data. First-tier technologies...
Tags: Information Security, Arxan Technologies, Security
White papers 2008-09-18
Call off the dogs--authentication solution already in enterprise-class PCs
Call off the dogs--authentication solution already in enterprise-class PCsKinda off topic but.....Why does everyone assume that RFID + Humans = Implant? I would prefer it in my cell phone or watch.TPM is a step in the WRONG direction...- PKI is a step in the right direction; tying it inexorably to...
Tags: Desktops, Authentication/Encryption, password, TPM, USB, authentication solution, laptop computer, PC, Apple Macintosh, authentication
Discussion threads 2008-09-15
Extending BAN Logic for Reasoning With Modern PKI-Based Protocols
BAN Logic is a well-known authentication logic which, despite other more recent logics and formal methods, remains popular with many protocol designers. BAN Logic however does not properly deal with the issues of certificates and the use of Public Key Infrastructure PKI. This paper proposes an extension to BAN Logic...
Tags: Reasoning Inc., PKI, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Network Security, Security, Networking
White papers 2008-08-01
Weaknesses in BankID, a PKI-Substitute Deployed by Norwegian Banks
BankID is a PKI-substitute widely deployed by Norwegian banks to provide digital signatures and identification on the internet. The paper has performed a reverse-engineering of part of the BankID system and analysed the security protocols and the implementation of certain cryptographic primitives. The paper has found cryptographic weaknesses that may...
Tags: Springer Science+Business Media, BankID, Security, Digital Signatures
White papers 2008-06-27
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